COLUMN: Why I am voting for Mitt Romney

I must say, and I think I speak for many American’s on this, come Nov. 1 will not vote for Barack Obama. It is ironic that I write this, because back in 2008 Mr. Obama’s words were music to my ears. But after four years of deception and division, I now realize that I was being fooled by a slithery politician. I now know he is simply a demagogue. Now, as Mr. Obama keeps reminding us, we American’s have a choice. We can choose his vision of America, or we can choose that of Governor Mitt Romney.

Well folks, I support Mitt Romney. The reason I support him is because I believe that his credentials as a businessman far outweigh that of Obama as far as who can better the American economy. I would rather have a businessman in the White House than a lawyer. As we all know lawyers are liars. All jokes aside, when I hear speeches by President Obama his rhetoric is captivating, but it contains no substance, and this is not what I am looking for in a President.

Mr. Obama is constantly preaching a misleading rhetoric that implies equality of outcome. Romney on the other hand, speaks more on equality of opportunity which is how this country came to greatness. Now I will provide several reasons why I am voting for Mitt Romney.

Firstly, Gov. Romney is for limited government. Secondly, he would like to reduce taxes for small businesses and corporations as we have the highest corporate tax rate of any developed nation in the world under Pres. Obama, and we need a reduced tax rate for both of these groups to help stimulate job growth. Also Romney wants decreased regulations to give confidence back to business to hire again. He would also like to decrease spending across the board to reduce the ever growing national debt which is now $16 trillion and rising.

Thirdly, he has also come out as saying he wants to decrease the power of the federal government, and allow states to make their own decisions on hot topics which is their job and not the president’s. Fourthly, Romney would like to approve the Keystone XL pipeline which Mr. Obama opposes. The development of the pipeline would create numerous jobs and greatly increase our domestic energy production. Also Romney would like to expand our reach in the areas of natural gas, coal and nuclear energy which I fully agree with, because solar and windmill energy are far too expensive and are somewhat obsolete at the moment.

I see Romney as being a better president simply because he is a lifelong businessman. On the other hand Mr. Obama is a lifelong politician. He was a community organizer, a lawyer, a professor and ultimately a senator, but still his background doesn’t make him a suitable president as he had no executive experience before entering office unlike Gov. Romney. My opposition to Mr. Obama is due to several basic reasons.

Page 2 of 2 - Firstly, he has broken many of his promises from his 2008 campaign and our economy is in worse shape now due to his policies. His liberal economic policies have failed to boost the economy, they have expanded government’s role in the economy, and they have created very large annual deficits and added $5.3 trillion to the national debt.

Secondly, his policies have stalled domestic energy production, and increased fuel prices. They have given labor unions more power and they have also created extensive regulations that have hindered economic growth. These types of policies have been implemented in Europe for decades and obviously they are not working as Greece, Spain and Italy are on the verge of economic collapse. If they are not working in Europe, then they will not work in America. Thirdly, along with his failed economic policies, Mr. Obama has projected a lot of rhetoric that has pitted the “have’s” against the “have-not’s” and damaged America’s opportunistic spirit.

He has also enhanced the power of the federal government which is not needed in America, as we should have limited government that protects individual and states rights, not infringes upon them. His healthcare plan goes against the free market and will no doubt hurt our economy in the future. He may not be a socialist, but his rhetoric sure is socialistic and is undermining the presidency as we need leadership not demagoguery. In 2008 Obama chanted “Yes We Can!,” but I’m here to tell you: NO WE CAN’T, not with him in the White House. As Gov. Romney said at a CPAC conference last year, we need “no new rhetoric, we need a new president.” I honestly couldn’t agree more.